Laser processing machine

ABSTRACT

A laser processing machine includes a convex lens having a positive focal length, a concave lens having a negative focal length, and a focusing lens having a positive focal length. The convex lens is movable in an optical axis direction and converts divergent light of a laser beam emitted from a laser beam emission end into convergent light. The concave lens is movable in the optical axis direction and is disposed at a position that is shifted from a position where the convergent light is focused toward the convex lens side by the same distance as the focal length of the concave lens according to a position of the convex lens in the optical axis direction. The concave lens converts the convergent light into parallel light. The focusing lens focuses the laser beam emitted from the concave lens and irradiates a plate material with the focused laser beam.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a laser processing machine that cuts aplate material formed of metal using a laser beam.

BACKGROUND ART

A laser processing machine has been widely used that cuts a platematerial formed of metal using a laser beam emitted from a laseroscillator. In the laser processing machine, various laser oscillatorsare used. In order to cut a plate material with a high speed having arelatively thin plate thickness, a fiber laser oscillator is frequentlyused, for example. The fiber laser oscillator not only has an advantagein that it is suitable for high-speed cutting of a plate material, butalso has an advantage in that it has a smaller size and lower costs thana CO₂ laser oscillator.

CITATION LIST Patent Literature

[Patent Literature 1]: German Patent Application Publication No. 10 2011117 607 A1

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Among plate materials having relatively thin plate thicknesses, a platematerial having a plate thickness of 6 mm to 30 mm, for example, iscalled a “thick plate”, and a plate material having a plate thickness of0.1 mm to 6 mm, for example, is called a “thin plate”. In the industry,a plate material having a plate thickness of 2 mm to 12 mm, for example,is also sometimes called a “medium thick plate”. It is difficult to cuta thick plate and a thin plate using the same laser processing machineby changing the processing conditions. The processing conditionsdescribed herein include the power of a laser beam, a pulse duty cycleduring the pulse oscillation of a laser beam, a focal position, and thetype of assist gas or gas pressure, for example.

Therefore, in the conventional laser processing machine, in order to cutboth a thick plate and a thin plate, it is necessary to replace acomponent of a laser processing machine such as an optical element suchas a lens or the like, or a processing nozzle. The replacement of acomponent is complicated, which causes an increase in costs. Therefore,a laser processing machine is desired that can cut both a thick plateand a thin plate without replacing a component.

An object of an embodiment is to provide a laser processing machine thatcan cut a plate material having a plate thickness in a predeterminedrange without replacing a component.

An aspect of an embodiment provides a laser processing machineincluding: a first lens that is movable in an optical axis direction andhaving a positive focal length, and configured to convert divergentlight of a laser beam emitted from an emission end of the laser beaminto convergent light; a second lens that is movable in the optical axisdirection and having a negative focal length on which the convergentlight is incident; and a third lens having a positive focal length,configured to focus the laser beam emitted from the second lens, and toirradiate a plate material with the focused laser beam, wherein thesecond lens is disposed at a position, which is shifted from a positionwhere the convergent light is focused toward the first lens side by thesame distance as the focal length of the second lens according to aposition of the first lens in the optical axis direction, and isconfigured to convert the convergent light into parallel light.

It is preferable that the laser processing machine further includes: afirst moving mechanism for moving the first lens; a second movingmechanism for moving the second lens; a first driver configured to drivethe first moving mechanism; a second driver configured to drive thesecond moving mechanism; and a controller configured to control thefirst and second drivers so as to move the first and second lenses,respectively, according to a processing condition of the plate material.

At this time, the controller controls the first and second drivers toincrease a beam diameter of the laser beam incident on the third lens soas to decrease a focused beam diameter as a plate thickness of the platematerial is thinner, and to decrease the beam diameter of the laser beamincident on the third lens so as to increase the focused beam diameteras a plate thickness of the plate material is thicker. Even when thefirst and second drivers move the first lens and the second lens,respectively, a focal position of the laser beam emitted from the thirdlens and focused on the plate material is fixed.

In the laser processing machine, it is preferable that the third lens isconfigured to be movable in the optical axis direction, and to change afocal position of the laser beam.

It is preferable that the laser processing machine further includes: afirst moving mechanism for moving the first lens; a second movingmechanism for moving the second lens; a third moving mechanism formoving the third lens; a first driver configured to drive the firstmoving mechanism; a second driver configured to drive the second movingmechanism; a third driver configured to drive the third movingmechanism; and a controller configured to control the first driver, thesecond driver, and the third driver so as to move the first lens, thesecond lens, and the third lens, respectively, according to a processingcondition of the plate material.

In accordance with the laser processing machine according to anembodiment, a plate material having a plate thickness in a predeterminedrange can be cut without replacing a component.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an overall configurationexample of a laser processing machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration in which alaser oscillator 11 illustrated in FIG. 1 is configured as a fiber laseroscillator 11F.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration in which thelaser oscillator 11 illustrated in FIG. 1 is configured as a directdiode laser oscillator 11D.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example inwhich a convex lens 28, a concave lens 30, and a focusing lens 27illustrated in FIG. 1 are movable.

FIG. 5 is diagram illustrating a method of moving the convex lens 28,the concave lens 30, and the focusing lens 27.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a focused beam diameter and adivergence angle of a laser beam.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, a laser processing machine according to an embodiment willbe described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, alaser processing machine 100 includes: a laser oscillator 11 thatgenerates and emits a laser beam; a laser processing unit 15; and aprocess fiber 12 that transmits the laser beam to the laser processingunit 15. The laser processing machine 100 cuts a plate material W1formed of metal using the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator11.

As the laser oscillator 11, a laser oscillator is preferable thatamplifies an excitation beam emitted from a laser diode to emit a laserbeam having a predetermined wavelength, or a laser oscillator thatdirectly uses a laser beam emitted from a laser diode. Examples of thelaser oscillator 11 include a solid laser oscillator, a fiber laseroscillator, a disk laser oscillator, and a direct diode laser oscillator(DDL oscillator).

The process fiber 12 is mounted along cable ducts (not illustrated) ofan X-axis and a Y-axis disposed in the laser processing unit 15.

The laser processing unit 15 includes: a processing table 21 on whichthe plate material W1 is placed; a gate-type X-axis carriage 22 that ismovable on the processing table 21 in an X-axis direction; and a Y-axiscarriage 23 that is movable on the X-axis carriage 22 in a Y-axisdirection perpendicular to the X-axis. In addition, the laser processingunit 15 includes a collimator unit 29 that is fixed to the Y-axiscarriage 23.

The collimator unit 29 includes: a convex lens 28 on which a laser beamemitted from the emission end of the process fiber 12 is incident; and aconcave lens 30 on which the laser beam emitted from the convex lens 28is incident. In addition, the collimator unit 29 includes: a bend mirror25 that reflects the laser beam emitted from the concave lens 30downward in a Z-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis and theY-axis; a focusing lens 27 that focuses the laser beam reflected fromthe bend mirror 25; and a processing head 26.

The convex lens 28 is a lens having a positive focal length, the concavelens 30 is a lens having a negative focal length, and the focusing lens27 is a lens having a positive focal length. The focusing lens 27 is aconvex lens. The convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 function ascollimating lenses that collimate each of the incident laser beams. Asdescribed below, the convex lens 28, the concave lens 30, and thefocusing lens 27 are configured to be movable in an optical axisdirection.

The convex lens 28, the concave lens 30, the bend mirror 25, thefocusing lens 27, and the processing head 26 are disposed in thecollimator unit 29 in a state where an optical axis is adjusted inadvance.

The collimator unit 29 is fixed to the Y-axis carriage 23 that ismovable in the Y-axis direction, and the Y-axis carriage 23 is providedin the X-axis carriage 22 that is movable in the X-axis direction.Accordingly, the laser processing unit 15 can move the position, wherethe plate material W1 is irradiated with the laser beam emitted from theprocessing head 26, in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction.

With the above-described configuration, the laser processing machine 100can transmit the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator 11 to thelaser processing unit 15 using the process fiber 12, and can irradiatethe plate material W1 with the laser beam focused by the focusing lens27 to cut the plate material W1.

When the plate material W1 is cut, assist gas is blown to the platematerial W1 to remove molten material therefrom. FIG. 1 does notillustrate a configuration of blowing the assist gas.

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic configuration in which the laseroscillator 11 is configured as a fiber laser oscillator 11F. In FIG. 2,each of the plurality of laser diodes 110 emits a laser beam having awavelength λ. An excitation combiner 111 spatially combines laser beamsemitted from the laser diodes 110.

The laser beam emitted from the excitation combiner 111 is incident on aYb-doped fiber 113 between two Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) 112 and 114.The Yb-doped fiber 113 is a fiber in which Yb (ytterbium), as a rareearth element, is added to the core.

The laser beam incident on the Yb-doped fiber 113 repeatedlyreciprocates between the FBGs 112 and 114, and a laser beam having awavelength λ′ of about 1060 nm to 1080 nm (1 μm band), which isdifferent from the wavelength λ, is emitted from the FBG 114. The laserbeam emitted from the FBG 114 is incident on the process fiber 12through a feeding fiber 115 and a beam coupler 116. The beam coupler 116includes lenses 1161 and 1162.

FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic configuration in which the laseroscillator 11 is configured as a DDL oscillator 11D. In FIG. 3, aplurality of laser diodes 117 emit laser beams having differentwavelengths λ1 to λn. The wavelengths λ1 to λn (wavelength range ofshorter than 1 μm band) are in a range of 910 nm to 950 nm, for example.

An optical box 118 spatially combines the laser beams having thewavelengths λ1 to λn emitted from the laser diodes 117. The optical box118 includes a collimating lens 1181, a grating 1182, and a focusinglens 1183.

The collimating lens 1181 collimates the laser beams having thewavelengths λ1 to λn. The grating 1182 bends directions of thecollimated laser beams by 90 degrees and allows the collimated laserbeams to be incident on the focusing lens 1183. The focusing lens 1183focuses the incident laser beams and allows the laser beams to beincident on the process fiber 12.

A schematic configuration example in which the convex lens 28, theconcave lens 30, and the focusing lens 27 are movable will be describedusing FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, the convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 arerespectively attached to moving mechanisms 281 and 301 for allowing theconvex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 to be movable in the optical axisdirection (the X-axis direction in FIG. 1). The focusing lens 27 isattached to a moving mechanism 271 for allowing the focusing lens 27 tobe movable in the optical axis direction (the Z-axis direction in FIG.1).

The moving mechanisms 281, 301, and 271 may be any mechanism as long aseach of the convex lens 28, the concave lens 30, and the condenser lens27 is movable using any one of a gear, a belt, a rack and pinion, a wormgear, a ball screw, and the like (or an arbitrary combination thereof),for example.

The convex lens 28, the concave lens 30, and the focusing lens 27 movein the direction of the optical axis as indicated by the arrows, in sucha way that the drivers 282, 302, and 272 drive the moving mechanisms281, 301, and 271, respectively. The drivers 282, 302, and 272 aremotors, for examples.

A controller 50 controls the drivers 282, 302, and 272. The controller50 can be constituted by a microprocessor. The controller 50 may be anNC device that controls the entire portion of the laser processingmachine 100.

An operator can set various processing conditions such as the kind ofmaterial of the plate material W1, the plate thickness of the platematerial W1, a focused beam diameter of a laser beam, or a focalposition by operating an operation unit 51. Examples of the material ofthe plate material W1 include iron, stainless steel, aluminum, copper,and brass. The plate thickness of the plate material W1 is a value in apredetermined range of 0.1 mm to 30 mm, for example.

The controller 50 controls the driving of the moving mechanisms 281 and301 by the drivers 282 and 302, so as to adjust the positions of theconvex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 according to the processingcondition of the plate material W1 input by the operation unit 51.

In a case where the focused beam diameter of the laser beam is input bythe operation unit 51, the controller 50 controls the drivers 282 and302, so as to adjust the positions of the convex lens 28 and the concavelens 30 according to the input focused beam diameter.

Even when the focused beam diameter of the laser beam is not input, aslong as the kind of material of the plate material W1 and the platethickness are input, an optimum focused beam diameter is substantiallydetermined. In a case where the kind of material of the plate materialW1 and the plate thickness are input by the operation unit 51, thecontroller 50 can control the drivers 282 and 302 so as to adjust thepositions of the convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 according to afocused beam diameter corresponding to the kind of the input materialand the input plate thickness.

The controller 50 may obtain a necessary focused beam diameter bycalculation based on the processing conditions, or may read a pre-storedfocused beam diameter corresponding to each of the processingconditions.

In a case where the focal position is input by the operation unit 51,the controller 50 controls the driving of the moving mechanisms 271 bythe driver 272, so as to adjust the position of the focusing lens 27according to the input focal position.

In FIG. 4, a laser beam is emitted from an emission end 12 e of theprocess fiber 12 as divergent light as indicated by an alternate longand short dashed line. In a case where the laser beam emitted from thelaser oscillator 11 is directly incident on the collimator unit 29, theposition of the emission end 12 e is the position of an emission end ofthe laser oscillator 11.

The convex lens 28 is disposed in such a way the distance from theemission end 12 e to the convex lens 28 is equal to or smaller than thefocal length of the convex lens 28. Accordingly, the convex lens 28converts the divergent light of the laser beam into convergent light.The controller 50 can move the convex lens 28 in the optical axisdirection within a range in which the distance from the emission end 12e to the convex lens 28 is equal to or smaller than the focal length ofthe convex lens 28.

In a case where the concave lens 30 is disposed at an optimum positiondescribed below, the concave lens 30 converts the convergent light intoparallel light. The parallel light described herein represents that alaser beam flux is parallel light. The parallel light emitted from theconcave lens 30 is reflected by the bend mirror 25 and the optical pathis bent, and the reflected laser beam is incident on the focusing lens27. The focusing lens 27 focuses the parallel light so that the focalposition is on or near the surface of the plate material W1, andirradiates the plate material W1 with a focused laser beam.

(a) to (c) of FIG. 5 schematically illustrates a state where the convexlens 28, the concave lens 30, and the focusing lens 27 are arranged sothat the optical axis is in a straight line, omitting the bend mirror 25in FIG. 4. In (a) to (c) of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the concave lens30 is not present, and a position where the convergent light emittedfrom the convex lens 28 is focused is a point Pf28. In a case where theconcave lens 30 is positioned at the position that is shifted from thepoint Pf28 toward the convex lens 28 side by the same distance L as thefocal length of the concave lens 30, the concave lens 30 converts theconvergent light into parallel light.

As illustrated in (a) and (b) of FIG. 5, a beam diameter D of theparallel light emitted from the concave lens 30 varies depending on aconvergence angle of the convergent light emitted from the convex lens28.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view schematically illustrating the periphery ofthe beam waist of the laser beam focused on or near the surface of theplate material W1. In FIG. 6, the left side is the upper side of theplate material W1, and the right side is the lower side of the platematerial W1.

A focused beam diameter d is represented by Equation (1). A Rayleighlength Zr is represented by Equation (2). In Equations (1) and (2), BPPrepresents a beam parameter product that is a product of a radius d/2 ofthe beam waist and a half width at half maximum θ of a divergence angleof the beam, and f represents a focal length of the focusing lens 27.

$\begin{matrix}{d = \frac{4 \cdot {BPP} \cdot f}{D}} & (1) \\{{Zr} = \frac{4 \cdot {BPP} \cdot f^{2}}{D^{2}}} & (2)\end{matrix}$

BPP does not change even when the convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30are moved, or when the focusing lens 27 is moved. Accordingly, based onEquations (1) and (2), the focused beam diameter d and the Rayleighlength Zr are determined according to the beam diameter D, and when thebeam diameter D changes, the focused beam diameter d and the Rayleighlength Zr change.

As the beam diameter D increases, the focused beam diameter d and theRayleigh length Zr decrease, the power density increases, and a beamprofile suitable for a thin plate is obtained. As the beam diameter Ddecreases, the focused beam diameter d and the Rayleigh length Zrincrease, the power density decreases, and a beam profile suitable for athick plate is obtained.

The controller 50 calculates the beam diameter D corresponding to thetarget focused beam diameter d based on the Equation (1), and controlsthe drivers 282 and 302 to move the convex lens 28 and the concave lens30, in such a way that the convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30 arepositioned at positions where the calculated beam diameter D isrealized.

Specifically, the controller 50 causes the convex lens 28 to be moved insuch a way that the convergence angle of the laser beam emitted from theconvex lens 28 matches the convergence angle at which the target beamdiameter D is obtained. In addition to this, the controller 50 causesthe concave lens 30 to be moved to the position shifted from the pointPf28 toward the convex lens 28 side by the distance L, in such a waythat the concave lens 30 converts the convergent light into parallellight according to the position of the convex lens 28 in the opticalaxis direction.

The controller 50 calculates positions of the convex lens 28 and theconcave lens 30 at which the target beam diameter D and the targetfocused beam diameter d are obtained, and cause the convex lens 28 andthe concave lens 30 to be moved to the calculated positions.

As can be seen from (a) and (b) of FIG. 5, since the focusing lens 27focuses the parallel light, the focal position of the laser beam doesnot change even when the position of the concave lens 30 changes.

As described above, the controller 50 controls the drivers 282 and 302in such a way that the beam diameter of the laser beam incident on thefocusing lens 27 is increased so as to decrease the focused beamdiameter as the plate thickness of the plate material W1 decreases, andthat the beam diameter of the laser beam incident on the focusing lens27 is decreased so as to increase the focused beam diameter as the platethickness of the plate material W1 increases. Even when the drivers 282and 302 move the convex lens 28 and the concave lens 30, respectively,the focal position of the laser beam emitted from the focusing lens 27and focused on the plate material W1 is fixed and does not change.

Note that the beam intensity distribution in the beam diameter D isformed by reflection synthesis of a laser beam transmitted to the coreand the cladding of the process fiber 12. As illustrated in (a) and (b)of FIG. 5, even when the beam diameter D changes, the beam intensitydistribution hardly changes; even when the beam intensity distributionin the beam diameter D changes, this change is extremely small.

As illustrated in (c) of FIG. 5, when the controller 50 causes thefocusing lens 27 to be moved, the focal position can be changed. Insteadof setting the surface of the plate material W1 as the focal position, aposition slightly shifted from the surface or the back of the platematerial W1 may be set as the focal position for cutting.

In a case where the focal position is input by the operation unit 51,the controller 50 control the driver 272 to move the focusing lens 27 sothat the focal position matches the input focal position; even when thefocusing lens 27 is moved to change the focal position, the focused beamdiameter d does not change.

As described above, in accordance with the laser processing machine 100according to an embodiment, the focused beam diameter d and the focalposition can be independently adjusted each other. In a case where it isnot necessary to change the focal position, the position of the focusinglens 27 may be fixed, and only the convex lens 28 and the concave lens30 may be configured to be movable.

The controller 50 may continuously adjust the focused beam diameter daccording to the plate thickness of the plate material W1, or may adjustthe focused beam diameter d in two steps by dividing the plate thicknessinto a thick plate having a plate thickness of 6 mm to 30 mm and a thinplate having a plate thickness of 0.1 mm to 6 mm, for example.Furthermore, the controller 50 may adjust the focused beam diameter d inthree steps by dividing the plate thickness of the plate material into athick plate having a plate thickness of 12 mm to 30 mm, a medium thickplate having a plate thickness of 2 mm to 12 mm, and a thin plate havinga plate thickness of 0.1 mm to 2 mm. The controller 50 may adjust thefocused beam diameter d in four or more steps by dividing the platethickness of the plate material W1 into four or more groups.

In accordance with the laser processing machine 100 according to anembodiment, since the focused beam diameter d can be adjusted, the platematerial W1 having a plate thickness in a predetermined range can beappropriately cut according to each plate thickness without replacing acomponent such as a lens or the like.

In accordance with the laser processing machine 100 according to anembodiment, it is sufficient that three lenses including the first lens(convex lens 28) having a positive focal length, the second lens(concave lens 30) having a negative focal length, and the third lens(focusing lens 27) having a positive focal length are provided.Accordingly, the configuration can be made to be simpler than theconfiguration described in Patent Literature 1, and a laser processingmachine that can cut a plate material having a plate thickness in apredetermined range without replacing a component can be realized at alow cost.

In accordance with the laser processing machine 100 according to anembodiment, an appropriate cutting for the plate thickness can berealized, by configuring at least the first and second lenses so as tobe freely movable.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment,and various modifications can be made without departing from the scopeof the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention can be used for cutting plate materials having aplurality of plate thicknesses using a laser beam.

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 6. A laser processing machine comprising: a first lens that is movable in an optical axis direction and having a positive focal length, and configured to convert divergent light of a laser beam emitted from an emission end of the laser beam into convergent light; a second lens that is movable in the optical axis direction and having a negative focal length, and on which the convergent light is incident; and a third lens having a positive focal length, configured to focus the laser beam emitted from the second lens, and to irradiate a plate material with the focused laser beam, wherein the second lens is disposed at a position, which is shifted from a position where the convergent light is focused toward the first lens side by the same distance as the focal length of the second lens according to a position of the first lens in the optical axis direction, and is configured to convert the convergent light into parallel light, wherein the first lens is disposed in such a way that a distance from the emission end to the first lens is equal to or greater than a focal length of the first lens, when a focused beam diameter that is a diameter of a beam waist of a beam irradiated on the plate material is represented by d, a beam parameter product that is a product of a radius d/2 of the beam waist and a half width at half maximum of a divergence angle of the beam irradiated on the plate material is configured not to be changed and to be a fixed value, even when the first and second lenses are moved, wherein when a beam diameter of a parallel light emitted from the second lens is represented by D, the beam parameter product is represented by BPP, and a focal length of the third lens is represented by f, relative positions of the first and second lenses are set in such a way that the beam diameter D is increased so as to decrease the focused beam diameter d as a plate thickness of the plate material decreases, and that the beam diameter D is decreased so as to increase the focused beam diameter d as the plate thickness of the plate material increases, and wherein the focused beam diameter d is determined based on Equation (1). $\begin{matrix} {d = \frac{4 \cdot {BPP} \cdot f}{D}} & (1) \end{matrix}$
 7. The laser processing machine according to claim 6, wherein when a Rayleigh length of the beam irradiated on the plate material is represented by Zr, the Rayleigh length Zr is determined based on Equation (2). $\begin{matrix} {{Zr} = \frac{4 \cdot {BPP} \cdot f^{2}}{D^{2}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$
 8. The laser processing machine according to claim 6, further comprising: a first moving mechanism for moving the first lens; a second moving mechanism for moving the second lens; a first driver configured to drive the first moving mechanism; a second driver configured to drive the second moving mechanism; and a controller configured to control the first and second drivers so as to move the first and second lenses, respectively, according to a processing condition of the plate material.
 9. The laser processing machine according to claim 8, wherein the controller controls the first and second drivers to increase the beam diameter D so as to decrease the focused beam diameter d as a plate thickness of the plate material is thinner, and to decrease the beam diameter D so as to increase the focused beam diameter d as a plate thickness of the plate material is thicker, and wherein even when the first and second drivers move the first lens and the second lens, respectively, a focal position of the laser beam emitted from the third lens and focused on the plate material is fixed.
 10. The laser processing machine according to claim 6, wherein the third lens is configured to be movable in the optical axis direction, and to change a focal position of the laser beam.
 11. The laser processing machine according to claim 10, the beam parameter product is configured not to be changed and to be a fixed value, even when the third lens is moved.
 12. The laser processing machine according to claim 10, further comprising: a first moving mechanism for moving the first lens; a second moving mechanism for moving the second lens; a third moving mechanism for moving the third lens; a first driver configured to drive the first moving mechanism; a second driver configured to drive the second moving mechanism; a third driver configured to drive the third moving mechanism; and a controller configured to control the first driver, the second driver, and the third driver so as to move the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens, respectively, according to a processing condition of the plate material. 